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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.7mb_lg

14 km WNW of Pritchett, Colorado

· 5.0 km deep · released about 340 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Baca County 43 kmBent County 57 kmOtero County 81 kmProwers County 81 kmCimarron County 87 kmLas Animas County 92 kmStanton County 109 kmKiowa County 110 kmMorton County 110 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.7 (mb_lg)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Baca County, 43 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2290 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 340 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 45,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 32,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 340 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

Where

Epicentre 37.4231, -103.0128. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Baca County, CO 43 km (27 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Baca County
Bent County, CO 57 km (35 mi) S of here earthquakes near Bent County
Otero County, CO 81 km (50 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Otero County
Prowers County, CO 81 km (50 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Prowers County
Cimarron County, OK 87 km (54 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Cimarron County
Las Animas County, CO 92 km (57 mi) E of here earthquakes near Las Animas County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

6 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.8 25 km E of Kim, Colorado
  2. 1.9 20 km NNW of Kenton, Oklahoma
  3. 1.9 23 km W of Pritchett, Colorado
  4. 1.6 10 km NW of Pritchett, Colorado
  5. 3.7 9 km NW of Pritchett, Colorado
  6. 1.7 16 km N of Kenton, Oklahoma

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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